An integrated fuzzy approach for determining engineering characteristics in concrete industry

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 305-327

  Ertay, Tijen ^a   Akyol, Derya Eren ^b   Araz, Ceyhun ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE MIXERS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; READY MIXED CONCRETE; SALES;

CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE; CUSTOMER NEED; CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS; FUZZY APPROACH; FUZZY ENVIRONMENTS; FUZZY WEIGHTED AVERAGE; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING TOOL; WEIGHTED AVERAGE METHOD;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79953015122     PISSN: 08839514     EISSN: 10876545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08839514.2011.559573     Document Type: Article

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